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Issue: The Adventures of Little Archie #38
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
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Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
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Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Read "The Terrible Tornado Machine"

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bob Bolling
Bob Bolling
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Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
adventure, fantasy, humorous
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
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Though Betty and Veronica appear on the cover, they don't appear in the actual story.
The Terrible Tornado Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Bolling
Bob Bolling (signed)
Bob Bolling (signed)
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Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
adventure, fantasy, humorous
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Detective Parker; Millionaire Dibbledock; un-named clerk
Mad Doctor Doom creates a machine that can control tornadoes, and uses it to destroy Riverdale's newly-completed Dibbledock Towers. He begins to blackmail wealthy businessmen, and uses the remote-controlled tornadoes to collect the ransom money. The police don't believe Little Archie's insistence that the "harmless nut" Mad Doctor Doom is behind this reign of terror. So it's once again up to that "meddlesome brat" to foil Doom's plans himself, using two things: the gold bars Doom has collected as ransom, and Chester's huge supply of "Icky Slicky" hair oil.
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This was the last Little Archie story for many years by the title's creator, Bob Bolling. He was transferred to the "big" Archie titles after this, with Dexter Taylor handling the Little Archie title almost exclusively. Bolling drew (but didn't write) one Little Archie story in the early '70s, and finally returned to the title on a semi-regular basis starting in Little Archie # 142.

This was also the last appearance of Mad Doctor Doom in Little Archie for many years. He briefly became a recurring villain in Archie superhero stories. He and Chester reappeared in a Dexter Taylor story in Little Archie # 136, and Bolling returned to the characters in the mid-'80s.
George To the Rescue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
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Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Little Archie brings a parakeet to school.
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Miscellaneous
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Science on the March

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
?
Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
Little Archie and Jughead build an ant farm as their science project, but the "ants" are actually termites.
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Miscellaneous
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The Right One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
?
Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy
The kids discuss their favorite rings.
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Miscellaneous
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Challenge of the Storm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
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Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
adventure
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Pierre; Brownie
Little Archie and his father return to Moosehorn Lumber Camp, where Pierre is injured while trying to protect his dog Brownie from a wolverine.
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Miscellaneous
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The camp, and the character of Pierre, first appeared in Bob Bolling's story "Cougar" (Little Archie # 15). Pierre mentions that Little Archie saved his life in that story.
Cornered

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Greg
Li'l Jinx's daddy makes her stand in the corner and think about what she did, but instead she lets her imagination run wild.
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Miscellaneous
5
Little Archie Theatre

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
?
Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle
Little Archie and Jughead put on a puppet show consisting mostly of jokes about Reggie.
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Miscellaneous
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Don't Call Me...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Greg; Sylvester
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Miscellaneous
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Monster of the Quarter Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
?
Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
adventure
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; un-named woman
Mr. Lodge takes Ronnie and Little Archie to the seaside, where he is planning to build a resort at the site of an old abandoned lighthouse. A mysterious woman appears to warn the children of a giant sea monster who will appear there in search of food.
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Miscellaneous
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